Pedro Poitevin is a mathematician, translator, and bilingual poet living in Salem, Massachusetts. His Spanish language book of poems titled Perplejidades was published by Cooperativa La Joplin in early 2015 in México. His columns and poems in Spanish have appeared in Letras Libres, Partisan Magazine, Periódico de Poesía, and other venues. His first book in English, Nowhere at Home, was just published by Penteract Press and features many traditional and experimental forms, including palindromic and self-describing poetry.

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https://penteractpress.com/store/nowhere-at-home-pedro-poitevin

As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.

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This Week’s Prompt:

Pick a single word at random from the dictionary and use that as the title of a poem in which someone gets their hands dirty.

Next Week’s Prompt:

Write a sonnet with a number in it.

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